Water-proof gossamer fabric



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T. H. VIDETO.

WATER PROOF GOSSAMER FABRIC.

Patented 1300.20 1887-.

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THEODORE H. VIDETO, OF HYDE.PARK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFYTO L. DEW'AR-TAPSLEY AND JUDSON H. COFFIN, BOTH OF HUDSON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,233, dated December20. 1887- Applicalion filed October (i, 1886. Serial No. 215,412.(Spccimonm) 4 7 To all whom may concern:

Be it known that 1', THEODORE ii-Vrnrxro, of Hyde Park, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in \Vater-Proof Fabrics and Methods and Means of Finishingthe Same, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of goods known asgossamer fab- -My -invcntion-consists of rics, the object of which is toproducea fabric which will be light and durable, and at the same timehave a highly artistic and finished appearance.

a fabric coated with films of rubber in solution, the finishand claimedin Letters Patent No. 371,155,.

ing-filn being composed of rubber in solution, and of a contrastingcolor with the other films,

aud:laid on the ground or first films to form stripes, the'entiresurface of the fabric when finished presenting a velvety or dullfinished appearance.

In carrying out my invention toflproduce the article above described Imay use a serrated or notched knife, such as is described granted to meOctober 4, 1887; but Iprcfer to use the trough-knife herein shown and doscribed, and which forms the subject of a separate application filedNovember 6, 1887, Serial No. 251,654, the process being also embracodinan application filed by me June 23,

- 1&87, Serial Nd. 242,305.

' grooves.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of the troughshaped knife, showing theperforations and Figs. 2 and 3 are sections. Fig. 4 is a plan yiewof mytrough-shaped knife with a longitudinal partition. Fig. 5 is a plan viewof the fabric.

F indicatestho thin fabric to be coated and striped with a rubbercompound in solution.

The fabric, in the form of an endless belt, is

supported by suitable rolls, which distendthe fabric and move itlongitudinally in the usual way, its upper suri'acebei ng pressed upagainst theedge of the knife .01 blade in order to apply its several.successive-films of rubber-.solution, as is now generally practiced inmak- D indicates my trough-shaped knife illOliiliJ-' ed in suitablesupports and adapted to receive the rubber in solution and deliver thesame irpon thai'abrio through the perforations E, formed in thebearing-face of the trough'D.

The perforations Eextend into shallow grooves Hthe number and width anddistance apart of the stripes; Without'thc'grooves the rubber compoundin solution will'not form the stripes properly,as the clot-li,with itsfoundation-coat ings, is sagged by the pressure of the knife upon it,and hugs up so close under the ridge of the trough-knife that itprevents the proper escape of the semi-liquid compound through theperforations; but with the shallow grooves this difficulty is obviated.In the manufacture of my improved fabric I-prefer to use thistroughknife rather than the notched knife described in my application,Serial No. 210,892, for the reason that stripes of different-coloredrubber compounds can be applied simultaneously by means of a partition,G, running through the trough. In this instance the openings E areplaced on each side of the partition staggered, as indicated in Fig. 4;or a numberof partitions, G, may be otherwise arranged to enable theoperator to apply more than two differcnocolorod stripes as thefinishing-film of rubber fabric.

The severalperforations and grooves may of:

not new, and such I do not claim, as my fabric is clearlydistinguishable from all others in In testimony whereoflhave signed myname that it has a velvety dull finish, and that .the to thisspecification, in the presence of two subst-ripes are composed of arubber solution.

scribing witnesses, on this 9th day of Septem- WhatI claim is-- her, A.D. 1886. 5. The improved gossamer fabric herein described, consisting ofa woven fabric coated THEODORE H. VIDETO. with films of rubber insolution, the finishing film forming rubber stripes, and the entire sur- Witnesses: face'beiug velvety or dull finished as distin- A. H.SPENCER,

ro guished from a lustrous or a shiny-printed J. 0. KENNEDY.

surface.

